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Mandated $10 commencement fee to hear Pelosi

Students actually have to pay to attend own graduation

(CAMPUSREFORM) — The University of California – Berkeley makes its students pay to attend their own graduation ceremony.

Students who do not purchase the $10 tickets by Wednesday will not be able to attend their own commencement, according to the school’s official website.

Tickets for guests are also $10.

“[The money is] to absorb the cost of commencement,” Lila Blanco, director of external relations and the Office of Protocol at the university, said in an interview with The Daily Californian, the school’s official newspaper.